Margit Schilling Riis

Margit Schilling Riis is a PhD fellow at the Section of Biostatistics within the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Her research focuses on biostatistics, cancer epidemiology, and public health, with a particular emphasis on breast cancer genetics and kidney disease outcomes.

Her research interests include biostatistics, cancer epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, public health, kidney disease research, and vaccination studies. Through her work, she applies advanced statistical methods to large-scale epidemiological studies, particularly examining genetic factors in breast cancer development and progression, as well as health outcomes related to kidney disease and transplantation.

Her publications demonstrate a strong focus on breast cancer genetics, with multiple high-impact studies examining genetic variants associated with breast cancer risk, tumor subtypes, and hormone receptor-positive cancers. She has also investigated employment outcomes related to kidney disease and vaccination responses in pediatric transplant patients.

Her research has been published in prestigious journals including Breast Cancer Research, British Journal of Cancer, BMC Nephrology, and Scientific Reports, with several papers receiving significant attention as evidenced by citations and social media mentions.

Riis has been involved in major international collaborations including the NBCS Collaborators, ABCTB Investigators, and kConFab/AOCS Investigators, working alongside leading researchers in breast cancer epidemiology and genetics. Her work has been cited multiple times across various publications, demonstrating the impact of her research in the field.